diff --git a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-a/mapbox.js b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-a/mapbox.js
index 55b4200038..9c5cec430c 100644
--- a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-a/mapbox.js
+++ b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-a/mapbox.js
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import mapbox from 'mapbox-gl';
 // https://docs.mapbox.com/help/glossary/access-token/
 mapbox.accessToken = MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN;
 
-const key = {};
+const key = Symbol();
 
 export { mapbox, key };
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diff --git a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-b/mapbox.js b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-b/mapbox.js
index 55b4200038..9c5cec430c 100644
--- a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-b/mapbox.js
+++ b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/app-b/mapbox.js
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import mapbox from 'mapbox-gl';
 // https://docs.mapbox.com/help/glossary/access-token/
 mapbox.accessToken = MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN;
 
-const key = {};
+const key = Symbol();
 
 export { mapbox, key };
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diff --git a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/text.md b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/text.md
index efb6157652..e1f095c494 100644
--- a/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/text.md
+++ b/site/content/tutorial/15-context/01-context-api/text.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The markers can now add themselves to the map.
 In `mapbox.js` you'll see this line:
 
 ```js
-const key = {};
+const key = Symbol();
 ```
 
-We can use anything as a key — we could do `setContext('mapbox', ...)` for example. The downside of using a string is that different component libraries might accidentally use the same one; using an object literal means the keys are guaranteed not to conflict in any circumstance (since an object only has referential equality to itself, i.e. `{} !== {}` whereas `"x" === "x"`), even when you have multiple different contexts operating across many component layers.
+Technically, we can use any value as a key — we could do `setContext('mapbox', ...)` for example. The downside of using a string is that different component libraries might accidentally use the same one; using [symbols](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol), on the other hand, means that the keys are guaranteed not to conflict in any circumstance, even when you have multiple different contexts operating across many component layers, since a symbol is essentially a unique identifier.
 
 ## Contexts vs. stores